Pay-as-you-enter car.



R. D. WEBB.

PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1912.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

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R. D. WEBB.

PAY-AS-YOU-BNTER GAR.

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RIVES D. WEBB, OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 1 3, 1912.

Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

Serial No. 690,570.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Rlvns D. \Vnen, ofCharleston, in the county of Charleston and State of South Carolina,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pay- As-YouEnterCars; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and}exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The primary object of this invention is to provide simple and highlyefficient means for insuring the registration of the number ofpassengers carried by a car.

A further object is to provide means of the character stated especiallyadapted to cars of the P. A. Y. E. type. And a further object is toprovide means at two different points on a car for actuating a singlerecorder, and to enable such means to be automatically placed in or outof commission in respect to either point, as the trolley pole isshifted.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showingtwo registers and means for operating them. Fig. 2- is a verticallongitudinal sectional view through the case of one of the registers.Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View of a car equipped with myinvention. Fig. 4 is a view of one of the register-operating steps inits normal position. Fig. 5 shows the same parts when being actuated.Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of one of the doors and means for operatingit. Fig. 7 is a top plan view of a car, showing diagrammatically themeans for shifting the register-actuating means. Fig. 8 is adiagrammatic view showing the registeractuating means connected to twotrolley poles.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a car of the P. A. Y. E. typehaving at each end, at one side, an exit 2 and at the other side anentrance 3 and exit 4, the latter being separated by a railing 5. lVheneither exit 2 is to be used the opposite entrance and exit are out ofcommission. The exits 2 are controlled by sliding doors 6 which are normally held closed by latches 7 engaging hooks 8 thereof, and whenreleased from the latches the door will be drawn open by a spring 9. Theclosing of the door is effected by the motorman pulling on a cable 10,but other means may be employed both for opening and closing the doors.Each door 6 carries at its lower end a plate 12 extending at rightangles therefrom and designed to project over the step of the car whenthe door is closed, and to extend beneath the framework when the door isopen. Similar doors are also provided for the entrances 3 and exits 4,but the doors for the entrances are not provided with step-coveringplates 12. Both of the doors for the entrances 3 and exits 4 are underthe control of the conductor.

The means for disengaging the latches from the doors may be widelyvaried; it forms no part of my present invention. I have shown in Fig.6, the retaining latch 7 connected to a bell crank 13 which may beoperated by a press button in the floor of the car similar to the meansnow employed for discharging sand or operating the alarm bells.

At one end of the car, mounted at any suitable point on the framework,are recorders 14. These recorders are designed to be automaticallyactuated by each passenger on leaving the car. Each recorder isconnected to operating devices at the exits 2 and 4, but is capable ofbeing operated by only one device at a time. The specific constructionof the recorder itself is immaterial and may be widely varied; andlikewise the means for operating the recorder allows of a wide latitudein selection. I prefer, however, to use a recorder which will beautomatically actuated by the movement of a single rod, such as 14, tomake an imprint on paper, or other suitable substance,-which is carriedfrom one spool to another, as in Fig. 2, the paper being wound from onespool to the other as the recorder actuating rod is returned to itsnormal position. Any suitable means may be employed for effect ing thisresult, such as a ratchet pinion and rack.

The particular means shown for operating the recorders comprises plates15 which extend over the car steps at the exits, and which are normallyheld raised by springs 16 encircling guide pins extended into openingsin the steps. One of these guide pins of each plate is elongated sothat, when the plate is depressed by the weight of a passenger leavingthe car, such pin will engage a pivoted member 17 beneath the step, suchmember being connected to the recorder actuating rod by a cable 19. Asthe reccrder actuating member returns to its normal position, after theweight of the passenger is removed, one of the spools is partiallyrotated to effect the winding of the paper.

For the purpose of enabling a recorder to be operated by either deviceconnected therewith, each actuating rod H is connected to the twomembers 17 of opposite exits by the cables 19 and a shiftable member 20,with which the rod 1 engages. Each member 20 is in the form of a curvedplate having a curved slot or groove in which a laterally projecting lug21 of rod let is designed to fit. The two members 20 of the tworecorders are connected by a link 22, by moving which the members 20 maybe shifted relatively to the recorder actuating rod so as to render thesame subject to control by either of the respective cables 19. Themanner of shifting the connecting link 22 may be widely varied, butpreferably 1- provide for effecting this by the act of re versing theposition of the trolley pole. For this purpose, in Fig. 7, I have shownthe pole as carrying at its lower end an eccentric 25 which fits withina ring 26 which is connected at its opposite ends by cables 27 to theshifting link 22. Hence as the trolley pole is reversed so also therecorder actuating means will be shifted. \Vhen two poles arealternately used, the link 22 may be shifted by raising and lowering thepoles, cables 28 connecting the latter to the links, as shown in Fig. 8.

The advantages of my invention will be apparent to those skilled in theart. By means thereof an accurate register may be kept of the passengerssince it is necessary that all should step on the recorder actuatingplates 17 in alighting. It will be observed that the same recordingmechanism may be operated by corresponding means at different points onthe car; and that when the trolley pole is reversed the actuating meanson the side of the car from which the passengers will alight is aloneset for opera tion, and the transfer from the means on one side to theother is automatic.

I claim as my invention:

1. A car of the P. A. Y. E. type having exits on its opposite sides, arecorder, means located at each exit and connected to the recorder foractuating the same, and means for rendering one actuating meanseffective and the other ineffective on the recorder.

2. A car of the P. A. Y. E. type having exits on its opposite sides,separate doors for said exits, steps at the exits, means car ried by thedoors extending over said steps, recorders, means mounted on each stepfor actuating the recorders, and shiftable means for allowing therecorders to be operated by either of the before mentioned means on oneside of the car when the respective door is opened, the correspondingmeans on the opposite side of the car being at that time ineffective.

3. A car of the P. A. Y. E type having exits on its opposite sides, arecorder, means located at each exit and connected to the recorder foreffecting the operation thereof, means for rendering either of theactuating means effective and the other ineffective to operate therecorder, and means for shifting the last mentioned means.

4. The combination with a car having opposite exits, a recorder, andmeans at each exit for operating the recorder, of shifting means forrendering the recorder operative by either actuating agency, a trolleypole, and means actuated by the trolley pole and connected to saidshifting means for automatically changing the position thereof as theposition of the trolley pole is reversed.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

RIVES D. XVEBB.

Witnesses D. J. GEIMAN, EDWARD HAnBsToN.

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